Data8 Data Sources
At Data8, we pride ourselves on our data independance. Unlike many of our direct
competitors we are not owned or influenced by a major data provider and as such
we have access to the widest possible range of industry leading data sources.
Data8 have the following data sources available in our data cleansing and data capture solutions:
Acxiom Purity
Acxiom produce a file of gone-away data from its InfoBase file and derived from
the comparative analysis of product warranties, product registrations, lifestyle
questionnaires and magazine subscriptions in conjunction with external reference
files.
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Business Suppression File (BSF)
The Business Suppression File (BSF) from Royal Mail contains details of over 7m
business and contacts that are no longer available, either because the business
has moved or closed, the contact has left the business or died, or the business
address is a known company registration address (e.g. accountants, solicitors) rather
than the company trading address.
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BT OSIS
BT OSIS is a centrally administered telephone directory containing over 27m individuals
and businesses. It is updated 6 days a week and we ensure that any new records or
changes be live and searchable within a few hours of recieving them from BT OSIS.
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Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS)
The CTPS is a data file of businesses who have registered their objection to receiving
direct marketing calls. The Regulations require that companies comply with an Individual's
request for suppression made to the central registration scheme no later than 28
days after the request was registered.
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Equifax disConnnect
Equifax provide a database of confirmed gone aways and deceased. There are currently
over 25m records going back over 6 years of data.
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Equifax reConnect
Tracking down gone-away customers is a recognised problem but one that is rarely
effectively acted upon. Equifax's analysis suggests that in any one year, clients
lose contact with up to 15% of their customer base through changes in customer circumstances.
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Gone Away Suppression File (GAS)
The Gone Away Suppression File (GAS) represents the most accurate, up to date and
most widely used solution for identifying non-assumed Gone Aways. The REaD Group
has created GAS by using private and public domain data sources, made available
through The Read Group’s partnership with Skipton Information Group, are used to
create the GAS file
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GAS Reactive
GAS Reactive is an address forwarding data file based on the trusted Gone Away Suppression
File (GAS). This means you can reliably suppress customers and use GAS Reactive
to find reliable forward addresses.
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Mailing Preference Service (MPS)
The Mailing Preference Service (MPS) is a data file of consumers who have registered
their wish not to receive unsolicited advertising material by mail. The use of the
Consumer File is a requirement of the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion
and Direct Marketing administered by the Advertising Standards Authority. It is
also a condition under the Code of Practice of the Direct Marketing Association.
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Mortascreen
The Mortascreen data file contains the name and address details of over 8 million
deceased individuals. Over 40,000 records are collected each month, accounting for
80% of all deaths in the UK. Mortascreen is licensed for the purpose of direct mail
suppression only, it may not be used for credit screening or fraud detection purposes.
For anti fraud applications you need to use the Halo file.
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National Change of Address (NCOA)
The Royal Mail provides a mail redirection service to people who wish to have mail
permanently forwarded to a new address. The NCOA File is a list of all the people
who have taken out a permanent redirection and given permission for the data to
be used in the service. The NCOA file is updated monthly and is growing at around
100,000 records per month. The Royal Mail estimate that around 50% of people moving
house will have their mail redirected, and around 50% of these will give permission
for this information to be used on the NCOA.
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Postal Address File (PAF)
The most complete and up-to-date address database in the UK, containing the full
address for every place the Royal Mail delivers to in the UK (over 27 million addresses).
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The Bereavement Register (TBR)
The Bereavement Register (TBR) was launched by the REaD Group PLC in February 2000
as a service for members of the general public and was designed to remove from databases
and mailing files the names and addresses of people who had died. It has one simple
aim: To reduce the mail sent to those who have died and consequently make the passage
of bereavement that much easier. The TBR claims to cover 96% of UK deaths with many
of these captured with 14 days following death.
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Telephone Preference Service (TPS)
The TPS is a data file of consumers who have registered their objection to receiving
direct marketing calls. The Regulations require that companies comply with an Individual's
request for suppression made to the central registration scheme no later than 28
days after the request was registered.
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Universal Suppression File (USS)
The USS is a file of over 8 million records who have been registered as goneaway
by the Royal Mail in the last 3 years. The main source of the data comes from the
Royal Mail's redirection service.
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